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Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative: Nabil Naim, founder of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, confirmed that the terrorist attack in Sinai today reflects a high-level of training and could only be carried out by elements that have previously participated in wars. During a telephone interview with journalist Eman Hirsi for the “90 Minutes” programme, Naim…

Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative: Women are not permitted to go out except while wearing dira’ (an extra dress on top of the niqab and Islamic dress). Private courses are not permitted except upon arrangement and payment of a 500 lira fine (instead of the previous 50 liras for those in contravention). Any…

Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative: More than fifty apostate Houthis killed and dozens injured in Ansar al-Sharia suicide bombing in Sana’a More than fifty apostate Houthis were killed and dozens of others were injured after Ansar al-Sharia carried out a suicide bombing on a gathering of apostate Houthis in the Yemeni capital Thursday…

Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative: Ansar al-Sharia launches broad offensive against military and security centres in al-Bayda – Part One Ansar al-Sharia launched a broad offensive today (Wednesday) at 1:00 am, targeting several military and security centres in the city of al-Bayda in the al-Bayda province of central Yemen. A correspondent of “Akhbar…

Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative: Militants baffle global intelligence agencies al-Massae Edition: 2395 – 08/06/2014 Article translated by Kevin Moore. Access original article here. A few days ago the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prepared a detailed report on Moroccan fighters who had previously been arrested and placed in Guantanamo and presented…

Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative: A new report suggests that there could be over 8,000 Moroccans fighting in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Previous reports suggested a number between 1,000 and 1,500 Moroccans were in Syria, mainly fighting in a unit called “Sham al-Islam,” led by former Guantanamo Bay prisoner and…